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PUC of Texas Approves Entergy Texas' Plans to Build Over 1,200 MW of Gas-Fired Capacity

LCG, September 12, 2025--Entergy announced yesterday that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved Entergy Texas’ proposal to build two efficient natural gas-fired power plants to support the region’s rapid growth. The combined electric generating capacity of the two facilities, the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station, will add over 1,200 MW to the Southeast Texas power grid to support new customer demand, increase reliability and lower costs for all customers. Both facilities are scheduled to commence operations by mid-2028.

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Puget Sound Energy Starts Construction on 142-MW Appaloosa Solar Project in Washington

LCG, September 4, 2025--Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced yesterday that phased construction has commenced on its 142-MW Appaloosa Solar Project, a utility-scale solar facility underway in southeastern Washington. The project is being built by Qcells EPC, who will serve as the module manufacturer and the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) solution provider. Construction is scheduled through 2026, and commercial operation is expected at the end of next year.

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Recovery Efforts for Texas Power Outage Continue

LCG, June 7, 2004--An unprecedented set of power outages that affected 500,000 customers of TXU Electric Delivery, following two severe storms early last week, persisted to a lesser extent in some areas through the weekend.

By Friday, roughly 75 per cent of customers who had experienced outages had had service restored, according to TXU Electric Delivery's chairman and chief executive, Tom Baker. The first storm was of hurrice force and hit on Tuesday, June 1, while a second series of storms followed the next day.

In the course of the work by TXU crews and by crews from nine states outside Texas, 40,000 damaged, fallen or broken trees were removed, 23 substations were restored, 550 transmission and distribution poles were installed again, and 4,000 wires that were reported to have been downed were addressed.

"I appreciate the patience of those who are without electric service following this devastating series of storms," Baker said. TXU Electric Delivery is a subsidiary of TXU Corp.
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